The Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 5585-X FirePOWER Security Services Processor (SSP)…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
The Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 5585-X FirePOWER Security Services Processor (SSP) module for Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Services 5.3.1 through 6.0.0 misconfigures kernel logging, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption, and inspection outage or module outage) via a flood of crafted IP traffic, aka Bug ID CSCux19922.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 17
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.3.1 | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.3.1.1 | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.4.0 | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.4.0.1 | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.4.0.2 | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.4.0.3 | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.4.0.4 | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.4.0.5 | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.4.0.6 | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.4.1 | Vulnerable | Cisco |
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.3.1 Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.3.1.1 Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.4.0 Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.4.0.1 Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.4.0.2 Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.4.0.3 Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.4.0.4 Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.4.0.5 Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.4.0.6 Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.4.1 Vulnerable ·Cisco
Show 7 more CPE
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.4.1.1 | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.4.1.2 | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.4.1.3 | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.4.1.4 | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.4.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.4.1.5 | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.4.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.4.05 | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.0.0 | Vulnerable | Cisco |
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.4.1.1 Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.4.1.2 Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.4.1.3 Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.4.1.4 Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.4.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.4.1.5 Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:5.4.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.4.05 Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_with_firepower_services:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.0 Vulnerable ·Cisco
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-1369
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-65p4-8967-8v6f
References
More Cisco Asa With Firepower Services vulnerabilities
- TI-2015-00629 The virtualization layer in Cisco ASA FirePOWER Software before 5.3.1.2 and 5.4.x before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2016-01236 Cisco FireSIGHT System Software 5.4.0 through 6.0.1 and ASA with FirePOWER Services 5.4.0… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2016-1369 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-1369 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-65p4-8967-8v6f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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